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they are trying to close it to all of the people. For 28 weeks they
have sought to prevent us from marching from Taksim to
Galatasaray high school. The party of capital, the AKP, last week
tried to obstruct us by having the police attack us. But we were
not intimidated and today we are here. Next week we will come
in larger numbers. You will not prohibit Taksim to us,” it said.

DISK Nakliyat-Is Workers Visit Kazova Workers

The General Secretary of the DISK Nakliyat-Is trade union,
Ali Riza Kucukosmanoglu, trade union members, MNG and in-
terior cargo workers visited the Kazova workers on Wednesday 15
May, on the 17th day of their tent resistance. At 11 in the morning
hundreds of Nakliyat-Is workers gathered in front of the DISK of-

fice in Sisli with a banner proclaiming “Kazova workers are not
alone! Long livr the honourable resistance of Kazova textile work-
ers – Disk Nakliyat-Is” and another with the words “Long live our
MNG cargo resistance” and with these they marched to the Kazova
building in Bomonti. Kucukosmanoglu made a speech in the
name of the workers:

“As the general secretary of Nakliyat-Is and in the name of

MNG cargo and Interior Cargo workers who for months have
been resisting and struggling, I salute the Kazova workers who are
resisting for their legal rights. Moreover this is a very important
resistance. We have a duty to stand by it. It is our historic duty to
show class solidarity,” he said.

After Kucukosmanoglu’s speech, the Kazova workers de-
scribed how their resistance had started. They said they would con-
tinue their struggle until they gained their rights and thanked the

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